Provisional Agenda

1. Opening of the meeting.

2. Organizational matters: &nbsp2.1. Election of officers; &nbsp2.2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.

3. Ways and means to improve the effectiveness of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice in light of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and issues, modalities and options for collaboration with the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES).

4. Global Biodiversity Outlook: preparation of the fourth edition.

5. Island biodiversity: in-depth review of the implementation of the programme of work.

7. Biodiversity and climate change: &nbsp7.1. Advice on the application of relevant REDD+ safeguards for biodiversity, and on possible indicators and potential mechanisms to monitor or assess impacts of REDD+ measures on biodiversity; &nbsp7.2. Integration of biodiversity considerations into climate change-related activities, including addressing gaps in knowledge and information; &nbsp7.3. Geo-engineering: impacts on biodiversity and gaps in regulatory mechanisms.